Thursday, November 08, 2007

Along Came a Spyder

I had a chance to try out the Can-Am Spyder the other day at the motorcycle show here in Glendale. It had plenty of acceleration and was fun in it's own way but I just like the feel of a motorcycle better.
At high speed (106mph is top) the steering response is almost frightening. It feels a lot like a quad. There is no counter-steering like a cycle so it goes the way you point it ..... very quickly. In fact I felt like I had to lean into the turn to keep from being thrown off. Well, I was taking corners kind of hard. Fun, but not my choice.

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